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Originally Posted by dissentowner
Ok. Logan Brown's best season
Logan Brown, Windsor Spitfires : G:21 A:53 P:74
Chris Dingman, Brandon Wheat Kings: G:40 A:43 P:84
So yes, Dingman was probably considered the better prospect actually. Dingman was not as tall as Brown though. I saw both play too, Dingman was considered to be a beast coming up, a tank PF who could score. Brown is more a playmaker. So, lets compile a list of 6'6 or taller forwards who have panned out to be anything decent in the NHL. Hmmm, I can't find anything...
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Why are you comparing Brown's draft season to Dingman's +1 draft season? Talk about unfair comparisons. Dingman had 21 goals and 20 assists for 41 points in 45 games in his draft year. He was below a point per game in an era where they scored WAY more in junior than they do now.
Dingman was the better prospect? Put down the pipe bro. Dingman went 19th 20 years ago when the draft wasn't as deep in talent as it is these days. Brown is talked about as going top 8-10 in a draft with an extremely good top end. So no, there is no chance in hell that anybody considered Dingman a better prospect at the time he was drafted than Logan Brown is right now.
As for 6'6 top two line players historically? Who cares. If you can get a bigger version of Joe Thornton you'd be stupid not to. Should somebody have passed on Lemieux because there weren't many 6'4 dominant centres historically before him?
I don't even think we should necessarily take Brown but your arguments against him are beyond terrible.